Daytona

I chaperoned a trip to Daytona, for my son's drill team. It was the National Drill Team Competition. It was such an enjoyable trip.
We didn't have to chaperon too much, since these kids are part of a well run JRotc program, they do not act up. Other than spending time on Friday at the convention center, we were free to do whatever we wanted. So Thursday night, Karen and I walked the beach. Then all the adults went out to dinner together at Bubba Gumps. Friday the chaperons went out to breakfast and then spent the rest of the day at the convention center. Karen and I did sneak in a little time during a big break and sit by the pool and had lunch. During another break the 3 of us women went shopping at the gift shop, Mike, the other adult, went and watched more of the competitions. The chaperons went to a Mexican restaurant (Adobe) that was not so good, apparently it used to be, but under new management now. Saturday was free day, so Karen and I went and rented a couple of chairs with and umbrella. Then we went to breakfast. We then spent the whole day at the beach. We could not have asked for better weather. The umbrella kept us protected from the sun. The kids were able to spend a lot of time together, just having fun, playing tag football, going to the arcade, getting henna tattoos, driving go-carts. It was a great day. Some of us women went for a stroll along the beach. I really liked the beach, where we were, the sand was great. However, the water was way too cold. We stayed at the Hilton, so all of our rooms over-looked the beach. Karen, Kate, Mike and I went to dinner at Ocean's Deck. It was very good.

Well, all good things must come to an end and we had to leave Sunday morning. You could tell it was going to be another beautiful day.

It was such a wonderful weekend. I kept asking myself, before the trip, "What have I signed up for?" But I would do it again in a heart beat. I am so proud of the kids, especially so proud of my son and am so happy he is in such a wonderful, disciplined program at his high school.